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Dick Durbin: “We requested Secretary Mattis' legal review of the Department of Defense's authority to use funds appropriated in the…”

On the recordApril 16, 2018
We requested Secretary Mattis' legal review of the Department of Defense's authority to use funds appropriated in the fiscal year 2018 defense bill to construct a wall.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin discusses a letter sent to Secretary Mattis regarding funding for the wall.

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